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Problems installing Windows 10 bootable USB to Patriot Burst 480GB SSD

Anonymous
2020-03-11T09:53:02+00:00

Hello everyone!

I've been having a nightmare of a time trying to do a fresh install of windows 10 on my Patriot Burst SSD 480GB (laptop is Lenovo B51-80). I have spent hours utilizing different solutions and methods to my problems- I currently have a less than ideal installation on my machine, but I fear for the stability of it, so I'd like to install it correctly- will elaborate later in the post.

  1. The initial approach was to try and clone the system partitions with a cloning tool. This approach failed.
  2. We then tried to a cloning tool to migrate the OS to the new SSD- no program was effective including Macrium
  3. Finally I decided that a fresh install from a bootable USB would be the ideal way to go.
    1. Initially the installed failed because the SSD was not formatted as GPT
    2. Later after formatting it as GPT using diskpart,clean,convert it presented a new problem: a 480gb SSD was showing as a 2048GB SSD 
    3. Performing a diskpart,clean, without convert gpt fixes the size problem. However the drive is now unusable as well. With three new errors in lieu of the single GPT format missing error previously seen.
    4. Finally the solution that got me somewhere was to use diskpart,clean, create paritition primary, ntfs. assign etc. However now I was faced with a new error that said ' We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one'.
    5. To troubleshoot thisI used this windows thread. What the top answer recommends is that you copy contents from the bootable USB to the target drive through command prompt during installation and then Windows should automatically begin to install form the SSD on the next start.
    6. This worked....partially. At first I had to go into my BIOS and make the boot order Legacy first, although my SSD didn't show up under Legacy or EFI.
    7. However the video shows that the windows bootable installation should be on a separate partition of my SSD- in my case there were no partitions visible, just my SSD. So I selected it.
    8. The OS installed, I am currently typing from the same machine, However since the SSD contained the bootable windows installation, on startup I get two boot options 'Install Windows' Or 'Run WIndows'. In a last ditch effort I tried deleting the bootable installation files but the Install Windows option still shows. Which is why I think this is a bit of an unstable installation and would like to repeat it.

I sincerely hope someone can help, I am at the end of my patience and have used all possible solutions.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-13T20:23:25+00:00

    Good Morning,

    I have had this problem on all Patriot Burst 480GB drives that I have purchased for about 10 machines. In all the same problem occurs, solution? None, only change the SSD for another brand under warranty.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-11T13:36:33+00:00

    Hi kenshi646,

    I'm Paul, a Microsoft Community Member. I hope I can help you with your concern.

    What you can try to do is to go in System Configuration. > Set currently installed OS as default and delete detected OS installer if its there.

    To make it simple please refer to this >https://www.windowsdigitals.com/how-to-remove-c...

    I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted.


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